On this day: August 16

Politics get ugly on the White House lawn, Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, the Bambino and The King both die, and the Beatles find a new drummer, all on this day.

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1956: Actor Bela Lugosi, best known for playing Dracula in the 1931 classic monster movie and his roles in other horror movies such as "Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Raven" and "Son of Frankenstein," dies of a heart attack at the age of 73 in Los Angeles.

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